1910.] Forestry Education in Great Britain. 977 



Session of 1888-9, an d the course has been conducted annually 

 since that year. The Degree of B.Sc. in Forestry has recently 

 been instituted with special courses in Advanced Forestry, 

 Forest Botany, Forest Entomology, Chemistry of Forest 

 Soils, and Forest Engineering with Drawing and Surveying. 

 The Degree Course extends over three academic years, of 

 which two and one-third are spent in residence. In addition, 

 there is a First Course in Forestry which occupies a single 

 Winter Session and forms part of the course for the Degree 

 of B.Sc. in Agriculture. 



The class-fee for the First Course of Forestry is £3 3s., 

 and that for the Advanced Course of Forestry is £2 2s. The 

 fees for the other Degree Courses amount to about ,£47. 

 The Degree Examination fees are £6 16s. 6d., and the total, 

 including the annual Matriculation fee of £1 is., is thus 

 about £60. The cost of board and lodging in one of the 

 Halls connected with the University for each academic year 

 of 30 weeks ranges between about £/\o and £$o } which for 

 two and one-third years of residence comes to from about 

 £go to about ;£i20. The total estimated expenditure by a 

 Degree student for board and lodging, and University fees, 

 with excursions and the practical course on the Continent, 

 is about ^"300, or £100 a year. 



During the 21 years of the existence of the Forestry 

 Department, 201 students have passed through the First 

 Course of Forestry, and during 14 years, from 1895-6 to 

 1908-9, 51 Agricultural students have passed in Forestry for 

 the Degree in Agriculture. The University has no woods 

 under its control, but practical instruction is given by means 

 of visits paid to privately-owned woods in the neighbourhood. 

 Among these are the woods of the Raith estate, owned by 

 Mr. Munro Ferguson ; and in order to enhance their value for 

 instructional purposes, the lecturer has drawn up for them a 

 working plan or scheme of management. There are several 

 trade nurseries in the suburbs of Edinburgh, and visits are 

 paid to the Arboretum and Galleries of the Royal Botanic 

 Garden. In connection with the Advanced Course of 

 Forestry, more extensive excursions are prescribed ; and 

 Degree students are required to undergo a training of six 

 months in Continental forests. 



The lecturer is in frequent correspondence with owners, 



